Embroidering Palestine, an interview with Fatima Abbadi and Rachel Dedman

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

History, Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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This week we explore the art and political history of embroidery in Palestine. Called tatreez in Arabic, the practice of embroidery has served as a form of communication between women for centuries across the region. Guest curator of the MoMu Antwerp exhibition Embroidering Palestine, Rachel Dedman, and Palestinian embroiderer, Fatima Abbadi, join us to speak about the language of tatreez. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our ⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠classes⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our ⁠⁠⁠⁠bookshelf⁠⁠⁠⁠ with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.1	With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common. Every day, we all get
0:36.9	trust. Hello, I'm Cassidy. And I'm April,
0:40.4	and together we are fashion historians, friends, and co-hosts of Dressed, The History of Fashion,
0:45.4	a podcast about why the clothes we wear matter throughout history and around the world.
0:50.1	From the cultural and societal to the personal and often political, with each episode, we explore the multitude of meanings quite literally sewn into the clothes we wear.
0:59.5	And we meet the mini makers behind the seams, well and lesser known, responsible for their creation.
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1:35.5	With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common.
1:39.7	Every day, we all get dressed.
1:42.2	Welcome to Dressed, the History of Fashion, a podcast that explores the who-what win of
1:47.1	why we wear.
1:48.2	We are friends, fashion historians, and your host, Cassie Zachary.
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